Roughly 18% of Americans are white Evangelical Protestants, but they make up nearly four-in-ten members of core Republican groups.

When asked last May, nearly six-in-ten (57%) Republicans said they would be less likely to support a candidate who had an extramarital affair. Americans overall have a more unforgiving view of a candidate’s past infidelity than they did in 2007.

The number of organizations engaged in religious lobbying or religion-related advocacy in Washington, D.C., has increased roughly fivefold in the past four decades, from fewer than 40 in 1970 to more than 200 today.

While a majority of Americans (56%) believe that the U.S. has mostly succeeded in achieving its goals in Iraq, the public is divided when asked if the use of military force was the correct decision; 48% say it was the right decision and 46% say it was the wrong decision.

More than half (53%) of white Evangelical Protestants say the Mormon religion is not a Christian faith. This belief among evangelicals could have implications for Mitt Romney in the contest for the GOP nomination, although it would not likely be a factor in a general election.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee spent $87,899,089 on advocacy in 2008 — significantly more than any of the other 212 religion-related organizations who have partaken in advocacy efforts in the nation’s capitol.

Nearly six-in-ten Americans (58%) say that having the freedom to pursue life’s goals without state interference is more important than the state ensuring that nobody is in need. About a third (35%) of Americans say it is more important that the state ensure nobody is in need. Western Europeans hold the opposite view.

The partisan divide over federal government funding for alternative energy research has widened. While Democratic support has remained high at 83%, Republican support has dropped to 53%, a 29 point decline from April 2009.

Nearly half (49%) of online teens who use social networks have misrepresented their age in order to get access to websites and online services. In comparison, only 26% of online teens who don’t use social network sites have done the same.